Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1495 (Canary Channel)

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published January 28, 2026

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1495 to the Canary Channel. (KB 5074168)

What’s new in Canary Build 28020.1495

In recent Canary builds we added the capability to set .webp images for your desktop background in Settings > Personalization > Background.

This update includes a small set of general improvements and fixes that improve the overall experience for Insiders running this build on their PCs.

Fixed an issue where the edge of the warning dialog shown when shutting down your PC while other users were still signed in was truncated by the edge of the Start menu.

Fixed an issue which could lead to a black flash when using a pen to ink in Snipping Tool.

Fixed an issue in recent Canary builds which was causing shutdown to appear to restart on some Insider devices.

Fixed an issue which could lead to the Windows Update settings page hanging when loading.
Fixed an issue where language features under Settings > Time & Language > Language & Region for Australia (English – Australia) wouldn’t download (the button wouldn’t do anything when clicked).

Fixed an issue causing a small number of Insiders in recent builds to encounter bugchecks with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, related to the use of certain smart card readers.

[NEW] We’re working on the fix for an underlying issue causing all open File Explorer windows and tabs to unexpectedly jump to Desktop or Home within File Explorer sometimes.

These builds can be unstable and may be released with limited documentation. Join Windows Insider – Get early access to Windows 11 features & updates

The builds we release to the Canary Channel represent the latest platform changes early in the development cycle and should not be seen as matched to any specific release of Windows. Features and experiences included in these builds may never get released as we try out different concepts and get feedback. Features may change over time, be removed, or replaced and never get released beyond Windows Insiders. Some of these features and experiences could show up in future Windows releases when they’re ready.

Many features in the Canary Channel are rolled out using Control Feature Rollout technology, starting with a subset of Insiders and ramping up over time as we monitor feedback to see how they land before pushing them out to everyone in this channel.
The desktop watermark shown at the lower right corner of the desktop is normal for Windows Insider pre-release builds.
Some features may show up in the Dev and Beta Channels first before showing up in the Canary Channel.
Some features in active development we preview with Windows Insiders may not be fully localized and localization will happen over time as features are finalized. As you see issues with localization in your language, please report those issues to us via Feedback Hub.
To get off the Canary Channel, a clean install of Windows 11 will be required. As a reminder – Insiders can’t switch to a channel that is receiving builds with lower build numbers without doing a clean installation of Windows 11 due to technical setup requirements.

Check out Flight Hub for a complete look at what build is in which Insider channel.

Thanks,
Windows Insider Program Team

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